GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| calculated | apt |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |